Vermont Dairymen's Association. Ill 



Cream Dressing Parker House Rolls 



Vanilla Ice Cream 



Assorted Cakes 



American Cheese Cream Cheese 



Neufchatel Cheese Dairy Cheese 



Crackers 



Oranges Bananas Apples 



Coffee 



Cream and Neufchatel Cheese furnished by F. H. Bickford, 



Bradford, Vt. 



Thursday A. M., Jan. 12, 1905. 



Owing to unavoidable delays the meeting was not called to 

 order until 10.30 by the President, who said : "The first paper 

 of the morning is "The practical farmer of to-day" by Mr. 

 Willis N. Cady, a member from the west side of the mountain. 



THK PRACTICAI. FARMIJR OF TODAY. 



When the Secretary of this Association asked nie to write 

 a paper upon "The practical farmer of the day" the question 

 came to my mind, what can I say to this audience of practical 

 farmers that will in any way add to your knowledge, and 1 

 concluded that it would be foolish to try. 



If I can bring to your minds in a fresh manner things that 

 you know already. I shall therewith be content. This is a day of 

 progress. I venture to say that no century of the world's history 

 has shown so many changes for the better as the past, and our 

 own beloved country has set the pace. Agriculture is the busi- 

 ness of the country. Secretary Wilson, who is doing so much 

 for the farmer of to-day makes these comparisons : 



"All the gold mines of the entire world have not produced 

 since Columbus discovered America, a greater value of gold 

 than the farmers of this country have produced in wealth in two 

 years. The products of the farm for this year alone amount to 

 more than six times the capital stock of all the national banks, 

 to twice the sum of our exports and imports a year, three times 

 the gross earnings of the operations of the railways and to three 

 and a half times the value of all minerals produced in this 

 country, including coal iron and ore, gold, silver and quarried 

 stone." Just as sure as the farmers have good crops and are 

 prosperous the whole country feels it and good times prevail. 

 Let an era of agricultural depression come, and manufacturies 



